Walking up Nebraska Valley Road today at dusk, the nip in the air invigorated me to my core. Once, on a similar autumn day, a friend commented, “You can divide people into two groups, the ones who feel happiest with cold air striking the cheek and the ones who are energized by the warm… Read More
$3 Cotton Candy
I didn’t notice until I got home at 11 pm Friday night that I was still wearing the apron. All five of us behind the stainless steel counter in the maple building were handed forest green aprons when we arrived at 5:15 pm to work the evening shift. When it got chilly around 9… Read More
Nepali Cuisine in Morrisville
Since Nepal is in the news due to the devastating earthquake, I want you local readers to know that the greatest find of the year is a Nepali take-out food counter tucked away inside a gas station (Riverbend Market) on Bridge St. in Morrisville, just across from the Bijou. I think the sign on the… Read More
Climbing Rhyme Sunday Summit
“Is there any movement?” my neighbor asked this afternoon. “No,” I replied. “Tomorrow there might be some,” she said. “It’s a possibility. Then nothing the rest of the week.” Weather: Back to winter, but to a user-friendly version, with temps just above or below freezing. Snow: Magic Carpet (firm base plus two inches powder)… Read More
Year of the Climbing Rhyme
Some years, this blog introduces a poetic form. One year it was the Japanese tanka; two years ago, the Korean sijo. In 2014 we took a break. 2015 is the Year of the Climbing Rhyme, a poetic form from Myanmar (Burma) featuring internal rhymes, i.e. the rhymes occur within the lines rather than at the… Read More
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